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Susan Richmond

Sep

16

2025

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Happy 25th Birthday, Inklings Bookshop!

From Shelf Awareness 9/9/25: Congratulations to Inklings Bookshop, Yakima, Wash., which has begun celebrating its 25th anniversary. Through the end of the month, the store is offering customers a (cosmic) crisp, locally grown apple from Johnson Orchards and 25% off of adult & children’s classics at the register as well as a special surprise for in-store …

Jan

8

2021

1

remark

The Cascade Killer:  A Luke McCain Novel by Rob Phillips

I met Rob Phillips a few weeks ago. He had on a mask. So, I might not be able to recognize him on the street after COVID-19. I have, however, read his Yakima Herald Republic column for years. I love the comfortable way he writes, never exuding the expert outdoorsman vibe that keeps others from …

Oct

16

2018

Susan Richmond

Yakima Herald Features Susan Richmond, Owner of Inklings Bookshop, Yakima, WA

By Donald W. Meyers for yakimaherald.com. Be sure to click through to the original article to see the great photo! For 18 years, Yakima Valley bibliophiles have been able to satisfy their cravings at Inklings Bookshop. Owner Susan Richmond didn’t want to be a business owner, but she liked books, and being with people who …

Sep

26

2016

Names of the Stars

Names of the Stars: A Life in the Wilds
by Pete Fromm

OK, in my opinion, he needs the next PNBA award.  I so loved Pete’s latest experience tending salmon eggs in the backcountry. Pete is never better than in his thoughtful accounting of years spent outdoors. With humor and grace– this is a another glimpse into  heart that’s as big as his mustache. I’ve always counted …

Mar

24

2016

Abraham Abei

Special Guest Brings Book to Life for Yakima Students

On Wednesday, March 16, after reading A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park,  the 7th graders at Naches Valley Middle School were introduced to a man who lived the book. Abraham Abei, originally from Sudan (later South Sudan) was one of the “Lost Boys” from the Dinka tribe who traveled with Salva Dut. For years he lived without …

Nov

10

2015

Susan Richmond

Poetry and Appreciation

Here’s a poem by G.K. Chesterton, one of the Oxford Inklings: Gold Leaves Lo! I am come to autumn, When all the leaves are gold; Grey hairs and golden leaves cry out The year and I are old. In youth I sought the prince of men, Captain in cosmic wars, Our Titan, even the weeds …

Jun

2

2015

No Books Were Harmed in the Creation of This Post: Inklings Underwater

Well, it’s been a soggy week at Inklings. Thursday [before last], we experienced a big rainstorm that was probably the worst I’ve ever driven in. The iPhone was blaring a warning of flash floods and I was eyeing the bridges I’d need to cross to get home. Made it safely and sat in the darkening …

May

26

2015

The Well

The Well
by Catherine Chanter

“A very fine dystopian novel of the most delicious kind, where reality is shrouded in mysticism but within a few pages you find yourself embedded in that world, and as the pages turn you find yourself doubting less and believing more.” –Susan Richmond, Inklings Bookshop, Yakima, WA Start believing with a copy from Inklings or …

Mar

31

2015

Maggie, David, and Leigh Ann at Book N Brush in Chehalis, WA

On the Road with Maggie & Leigh Ann

                Day 2 Wednesday March 25 We woke Wednesday in misty Astoria wondering what day it was. The numerous bookstores we visited on our first day on the road made it seem like it must be well beyond the actual 24 hours spent so far. Assured by our …

Jul

21

2014

The Forest Feast

The Forest Feast by Erin Gleeson

The Forest Feast is on my Loveliest Of Cookbooks list. My husband and I have dabbled in semi-quasi-partial vegetarianism (say that three times fast). Translated that is we tend to eat less meat than we used to. I do, however, get weary of thinking of ways to jazz up a salad or veggie side dish. This is a …

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